Impact of aluminum exposure on lung

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-78

  Elserougy, Safaa ^a   Mahdy Abdallah, Heba ^a   Hafez, Salwa Farouk ^a   Beshir, Safia ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

alpha 1 antitrypsin; aluminum; C reactive protein; Spirometric measures

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ALUMINUM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84920053448     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712468021     Document Type: Article

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